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repository

(I) A system for storing and distributing digital certificates and
related information (including CRLs, CPSs, and certificate
policies) to certificate users. (See: directory.)

(O) "A trustworthy system for storing and retrieving certificates
or other information relevant to certificates." [ABA]

(C) A certificate is published to those who might need it by
putting it in a repository. The repository usually is a publicly
accessible, on-line server. In the Federal Public-key
Infrastructure, for example, the expected repository is a
directory that uses LDAP, but also may be the X.500 Directory that
uses DAP, or an HTTP server, or an FTP server that permits
anonymous login.